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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA72DYA08

1971-08-13 TWIN FALLS, Idaho, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N83896

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-44-180T

Engine

LYCOMING T0-360 SER (210 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19820208

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB79C4

Registrant of record

CLIFFORD AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N83896 Aeronca 7AC Serious

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

AERONCA 7AC · N83896

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C8

Operator type

D

Airport

TWIN FALLS

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002577

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,500

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

G.STDNT HAD STICK BACK,THOUGHT FNL LDG.

Investigator remarks

PLT,NOT FLT-INSTR CERT,ADDED PWR FOR TOUCH/GO LD

Cause factors

66/A/56 A
DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
66/A/16 A
DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/02 A
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/30 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3130. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3130.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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